MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

HMS Endurance in Buenos Aires

Antarctic Patrol HMS Endurance visited Buenos Aires over the weekend before departing again for the Antarctic.

During the brief stop in Argentina HMS Endurance was opened to the public and hosted a seminar of Argentine and British scientists with Antarctic experience.

Local press reports recalled that HMS Endurance first visited Buenos Aires in 1996, and that a vessel with similar name participated in the 1982 conflict, particularly the South Georgia incident.

However the reports were also impressed with the equipment and capacity of the 6,700 tons British Antarctic Patrol that carries two helicopters.

HMS Endurance is now sailing south transporting scientists to British stations and a call to the Argentine base of Marambio for an exchange of officers from both countries is expected to take place.